GENERALIZED LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS PRESENTING WITH INGUINAL MASS---REPORT OF A CASE  

作　　者：陆菁菁 金征宇 何晓东 

机构地区：[1]Department of Radiology,Peking Union Medical College Hospital,CAMS & PUMC Beijing100730

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Sciences Journal》2003年第3期194-198,共5页中国医学科学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Objective.To improve the clinical knowledge of lymphangiomatosis.Methods.We pre sented a case of a30?year?old woman where generalized lymphangiomatosis pre-sented with an inguinal mass.Multiple imaging modalities were undertaken,inc luding plain film,CT,MRI ,US,and lymphangiography.Splenectomy was performe d.Results.The bones,lungs,spleen and retroperitoneal lymphatics were involve d.The diagnosis was made by integration of clinical,imaging and pathological f indings.Also a literature review regarding clin-ical presentation,diagnosis, management and outcome of this rare disease was made.Conclusion.we suggest the importance of clinical knowledge of the entity and imaging procedures are es sential for better diagnosis,thus avoiding more invasive procedures.

关 键 词：LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS SPLEEN imaging 

分 类 号：R654.7[医药卫生—外科学]